Amazon is temporarily relocating employees from its downtown Seattle office due to an increase in violent crimes in the area, the company said on March 11. The tech giant’s office is located at 300 Pine Street, about a half-mile from its main headquarters on Seventh Avenue in Seattle, and roughly 1,800 Amazon employees are working there. “Given recent incidents near Third and Pine, we’re providing employees currently at that location with alternative office space elsewhere,” an Amazon spokesman said in an emailed statement to The Seattle Times. “We are hopeful that conditions will improve and that we will be able to bring employees back to this location when it is safe to do so.” It is unclear how many of the 1,800 are being relocated, given that many have been working remotely from home due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Epoch Times has contacted an Amazon spokesperson for comment. Amazon’s decision to relocate employees comes after a …